TBS Class 5-68, Echo Company (Start Date: November, 1967– Graduation Date : May, 1968)
Class Website: [email protected] (email?)
Article Website: http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?67617-Above-It-All
Web: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tbs5-68/info?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=59
General information: There were 241 graduates in The Basic School Class 5-68, (Echo Company). Most Officers in this Company have a Commissioning date of 01Nov1967. Eight of our classmates died during the Vietnam War. Prominent officers in Class 5-68 are: Lt.Gen Edward Hanlon, Jr., MajGen. Geoff Higginbotham, BrigGen. Edwin Kelley, Jr., BrigGen. David Hague…47 of the graduates were Infantry Officers (0302), 53 were Artillery Officers (0802), 25 graduates became Naval Aviators (7502), 22 graduates were Supply Officers (3002), 12 graduates were JAG Officers (4402), the remaining 80+ graduates were Engineering Officers (1302), Communications Officers (2502), Motor Transport Officers (3502), Tank Officers (1802) , Air Traffic Control Officers (6702),
Prior Reunions: 40th Reunion in Washington, D.C. May 2008, 45th Reunion in Washington, D.C. May, 2013
Future Reunions: Golden 50th, 12-16 July 2018 in San Diego
Class POC’s: Quinton Worthams, 323-356-1636, [email protected]; Larry Eastland, 310-220-4280, [email protected]; Louis Hellerman,, [email protected]
Bill Ryan, 504-452-7474, [email protected]